Not everyone responded like Michele Bachmann to the news that in a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court had overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA); in fact, most people were absolutely elated. Throughout the country, LGBT activists shed tears of joy as the love many of them share at a state level must now finally be recognized at a federal one. It wasn’t a sweeping ruling in the slightest, but it’s definitely progress. 30 of the most poignant ones are below, only to be followed by a characteristically brazen quip by Nancy Pelosi regarding Bachmann’s thoughts (oxy moronic?) on the court’s ruling.

Patches of green have been popping up throughout the country for a few decades now. Unfortunately, federal authorities have proven relentless in their prosecution of state-law abiding individuals and their pursuit of the un-winnable war on drugs.